Technical Project/ Program Management

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The Technical Project Manager plays a critical role in driving technical alignment and execution excellence across Sales, Field Service (PSE/CE), Business Units (BU), and global partners. This role ensures structured coordination, accurate configuration management, efficient issue resolution, and seamless execution of complex product strategies at the customer account.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate technical issues across Sales, PSE, CE, TPS, OM, BU, and global teams, ensuring structured follow-up and timely resolution.

• Participate in customer/PSE/CE technical discussions, capture key information, and translate insights into clear and actionable plans.

• Drive end‑to‑end technical issue management to improve cycle time, closure quality, and overall execution efficiency.

• Organize and facilitate TRM workshops with BU, including agenda preparation, data collection, and action tracking.

• Support configuration reviews, CARM validation, and BOM alignment to ensure configuration accuracy and operational readiness.

• Coordinate hardware readiness, documentation alignment, and execution preparation for NSO/TIQ activities with BU and FSO.

• Manage OID creation and slot planning activities in collaboration with OM and BU.

• Align customer application needs, validation progress, and adoption barriers with Sales and BU to support product strategy execution.

• Support penetration of complex product solutions by identifying customer constraints, tracking readiness milestones, and consolidating competitive intelligence.

• Maintain structured communication across Field teams (CE, PSE) and BU partners (Manufacturing, PLM, TPS).

• Consolidate weekly and monthly reports covering issue tracking, configuration status, installation progress, and product performance risks.

• Ensure stakeholders receive timely and accurate updates to support effective cross‑functional decision-making.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or above in Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Optoelectronics, or related engineering disciplines.

• 5+ years of semiconductor-related experience in Field Service, Process Engineering, Equipment Engineering, or Applications Engineering.

• Hands‑on experience with Etch or CVD tools is strongly preferred.

• Ability to understand equipment operation fundamentals, hardware configuration, and semiconductor process flows.

• Strong coordination skills with the ability to clearly summarize and communicate technical information across teams.

• Proven capability in tracking tasks, integrating information, and driving action items to closure in a fast‑paced environment.

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Applied Materials is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law.